In what has to have been one one the biggest surprises of the first day of free agency, wide receiver Reggie Wayne of the Indianapolis Colts has re-upped with the team for three years, according to a tweet from ESPN's Adam Schefter.

According to the report from Schefter and a report on Rotoworld, the deal is worth a maximum of $17.5 million and comes as a stunner to pundits across the National Football League who assumed that the 33-year-old five-time Pro Bowl wideout would all but certainly follow quarterback Peyton Manning out of Indianapolis, quite possibly to the same location Manning lands in.

That is apparently not the case, and reaction to Wayne's decision spread across the twitterverse like a virtual brush fire.

Breer hit the nail squarely on the head with this one. With tight end Dallas Clark released and wide receiver Pierre Garcon leaving the Colts earlier today to join the Washington Redskins, it was unclear who exactly erstwhile rookie signal-caller Andrew Luck was going to be throwing passes to next season.

However, with Wayne back in the fold, the 12th-year pro may well provide Luck the sort of calming influence that Marvin Harrison afforded Manning in his rookie season in 1998 with the Colts.

It's a bit puzzling not only that Wayne stayed in Indianapolis, but that he agreed to such a reasonable amount of money, given the gaudy contracts handed out to other wideouts such as Garcon Tuesday. Whether it was loyalty to the team, a simple desire not to uproot his life this late in his football career or another reason altogether, there's no other way to view to this signing but as an absolute home run for the Colts.